ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,915, issued on July 21, was assigned to Soccer Park LLC (Boise, Idaho).
"Backstop net system" was invented by Joshua Leland Frazier (Boise, Idaho) and Justin Shook (Boise, Idaho).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A field may include a plurality of walls segments, stanchions, one or more goals, and one or more doors. A net may encompass at least a portion of a perimeter of a playing field of the field. The net may include a roof portion. An end of the roof portion includes a first end adjacent a base line and a second end a distance into the playing field. The second end of the roof portion is attached to two stanchions. A cable is attach...